| Mount Yakebitai | |
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| 焼額山 | |
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Mount Yakebitai
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| Highest point | |
| Coordinates | 36°46′N 138°31′E / 36.767°N 138.517°ECoordinates: 36°46′N 138°31′E / 36.767°N 138.517°E |
| Geography | |
Mount Yakebitai (焼額山? Yakebitai-yama) is a mountain located in Yamanouchi, Nagano, Japan. For the 1998 Winter Olympics, it hosted the alpine skiing slalom and snowboarding giant slalom events.
During the 1998 games, the mountain suffered a mild earthquake that registered 5.0 on the Richter magnitude scale, but the skiing events continued.